Capstone and Sherwood Sign Combination Agreement

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - (Marketwire - Oct. 10, 2008) - Sherwood Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE:SWC) and Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX:CS) today announced that, further to their joint news releases dated September 8 and September 18, 2008 respectively, the companies have entered into a combination agreement dated as of October 9, 2008 pursuant to which the companies will combine, by way of plan of arrangement, to create a well-funded, low-cost, growth-oriented, copper company with two producing mines in mining friendly jurisdictions in North America. A copy of the combination agreement is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com under the companies' respective profiles. As previously disclosed, the special meeting of Sherwood's shareholders will be held in the offices of Sherwood's counsel, Dumoulin Black LLP, on the 10th floor... [read full story]